By Dr. Jack Daniels When I was in college I used to fire on our ROTC Rifle Team and all of our competitions were “postal," which means we just shot once for score each week on our home range and sent results by mail to all the other university teams that competed. We could practice [...]
Dan King is an entrepreneur, plant-based athlete, CU Buffs alumn and current masters world record-holder in the mile. Dan set the WR for the M60 age group when he ran 4:49.08 at the South Carolina Trackfest this past August. If you take his 5k PR (14:34) at age 20, the VDOT equivalent for the mile [...]
After working in the fashion industry for 6 years (and realizing there was so much more to life than working behind a desk), Mary made a career transition in 2015 and joined the team at Ranfone Training Systems, in Hamden, CT, as a strength coach. She founded Lift | Run | Perform in 2017 and [...]
Introducing the newly improved VDOT Calculator available now on the App Store and Google Play. After reviewing feedback from our users we've made significant enhancements to the app including: New UI + support for Dark ModeFull translation into Japanese, Portuguese and Thai (Please email us for new language requests)Ability to calculate distances, not just pace [...]
Top 20 Performances By VDOT [Editor's Note: List is based on 1500m-Marathon times.] Letensebet Gidey, 1:02:52 Half, 2021 - (77.2)Letesenbet Gidey, 44:20 15k, 2019 - (76)Yalemzerf Yehualaw, 1:03:51 Half, 2021 - (75.8)Letesenbet Gidey, 29:01 10k, 2021 - (75.7)Brigid Kosgei, 2:14:04 Marathon, 2019 - (75.6)Ruth Chepng'etich, 1:04:02 Half, 2021 - (75.5)Sifan Hassan, 29:06 10k, 2021 - [...]
Alvina was raised in the small town of Ganado on the Navajo Reservation. She grew up watching her father run and her mom pursue a nursing career. After running for Adams St. and Arizona St. and graduating with a BS in Nutrition, Alvina continued to run competitively as a Nike N7 Ambassador. This gave her [...]
Bradley Geilfuss is now faster than his 26-year-old self. His sub-18 virtual 5k smashes a 20-year-old PR. He’s now set a PR in every distance from the mile to the marathon under the guidance of coach Gary Berard. Don’t let the pandemic get you down. Keep training. Challenge yourself.